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Airspace upon airspace upon airspace. Class bravo all around, Hawthorne and Torrance towered airports, controllers nice but congested airspace. Long Beach, right next door, has an air base with 27 helicopters - the la taxpayers bought them twenty something brand new AS350’s to train deputies...

My airplane originally came with a KAP150. While at the factory, we upgraded to the KFC150 when the airplane got an HSI and flight director. I flew that airplane foe a couple of thousand hours. After it sat for a while, the autopilot began listing to the right upon engagement, which I...

DPE designation shouldn’t be that complicated, and the ethics of dealing with the FAA shouldn’t require a few decades post LL. M or some other manner of advanced legal practice. An examiner either has the skills and knowledge or they don’t, and it should be their job to test that applicant...

My post was intended to expound the discussion. Regulatory language is often far too broad for my taste, particularly when often the regulations are subject to the whims of whatever petty tyrant is in charge. My argument is often these petty fiefdoms focus on the wrong crap while giving...

That was a read :) makes you wonder how the agency exists after all. Government bureaucrats always give me pause. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Aliens don’t exist. Neither do guys in jet packs... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Flying was never a passion for me growing up. When I came back to the states, my best friend teaching me English joined the Civil Air Patrol - and so did I. I was at Nellis AFB’s red flag control center before I came out of puberty. Sadly, I didn’t log much flight time with CAP- too much...

Big year for flying. 1. I should be able to get my 172 up within the week with newer (older avionics - GDL88, gns 480, sl30, gmx200. I would like to get my commercial ASAP, as well as CFI. 2. I got a whole year. I finished all my rotary wing phases but never took the check ride. I should...

Geezus - may as well be an A7 Corsair shooting targeting the meatball... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I despise giving Garmin money all while maintaining their inflated prices and virtual monopoly in the space. ADSB out was a disgusting scam. I’ve purchased used avionics a bit with fortune. The display on the 430 and 530 are mediocre, at best. The limitations are substantial, including the...

I wonder how AOPA is involved if at all including their airport watch people. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

At any time, for any reason. What if the local FSDO manager decides the DPE is gay and doesn’t like it? What if...the FSDO decides that the DPE has politics they don’t agree with? Perhaps the local manager doesn’t like that a DPE was prior military? Some of you may be entirely ok with...

I don’t think the issue here is about the relationship- the feds don’t control when he starts or stops, or pay him for how much work he does. Based on the specifics of the relationship I struggle to see how he is an employee. He has a license to practice. He had that license taken away...